Drip-pan.



A. A. OTTO.

DRIP PAN. APPLIGATIDN FILED MAY 19, 1911.

1,017,455. Patented Feb. 13,1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFrncE.

ALBERT A. OTTO, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TOEDWARD C. MILLER, OIIE PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. I

DRIP-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 19, 1911.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT A. Orro, a citizenof the United States of America, residing at Pittsburgh, in the countyof Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Drip-Pans, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had there in to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to drip pans, and the objects of my inventionare, first, to provide a pan or receptacle that can be advantageouslyused for supporting washed dishes whereby the water can readily drainfrom the same .prior to being wiped; second, to provide a drip pan thatcan be easily placed upon the top of another pan or receptacle forsafely supporting dishes in an elevated position relatively to saidreceptacle, and third, to provide a drip pan that is simple inconstruction, durable and inexpensive to manufacture.

I attain the above objects by a mechanical construction that will behereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference willnow be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a plan of the drip pan.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is anend view of the pan.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a rectangular receptacle having a flatbottom 2 and the upper edges thereof provided with a Wire reinforced rim3.

The reference numeral 4 denotes a rectangular shell having the loweredges thereof reamed inwardly, as at 5 whereby the shell can be set uponthe upper edges of the receptacle 1. The upper edges of the shell 4 arereinforced by a wire 6, and formed integral with the lower edges of theshell, at one end thereof, is a perforated bottom plate 7. Formedintegral with the bottom plate 7 is a central vertical wall 8 corresponding in depth to the shell 4, and the upper edge of the wall 8 isintegral with an inclined platform 9 extending to one end of the bottomof the receptacle 1. The lower end of the platform 9 is provided with arow or series of perforations 10, and the lower part of said platform isreduced or has the side edges thereof cut away, as at 11 to provideclearance for the lower reamed edge 5 of the shell 4. I

The vertical wall 8 and the perforated bottom plate 7 cooperate with thewalls of the shell 4 in provlding a compartment 12 at one end of thedrip pan, and the platform 9 cooperates with the walls of the shell 4and the receptacle 1 in providing a compartment 13 at the opposite endof the drip pan.

Cups, glasses, and other articles can be placed in the compartment 12and plates and flat dishes can be placed one upon the other in thecompartment 13. In both instances water draining from the washed dishesenters the receptacle 1, and when it is desired to empty the receptacle1, the shell 4 can be removed from the upper edge of the receptacle evenwith some of the dishes in'the compartment 12.

The drip pan in its entirety can be made of light and durable galvanizedor non-corrosive material and of various sizes and proportions.

What I claim is l. A drip pan comprising an open top receptacle, a shellhaving a contracted lower portion extending into and seated upon the topof said receptacle, a perforated plate formed integral with the bottomof said shell and of a width approximately half the length of the shell,a vertically disposed wall integral with and forming in connection withsaid plate and shell a compartment, and a downwardly inclined memberextending from the top of said wall, through said shell and into saidreceptacle to one end of the latter and forming in connection with thereceptacle and shell a compartment.

2. A drip pan comprising an open top receptacle, a shell'having acontracted lower portion extending into and seated upon the top of saidreceptacle, a perforated plate formed integral with the bottom of saidshell and of a width approximately half the length of the shell, avertically disposed imperforate wall integral with and forming inconnection with said plate and shell a comrow of perforations inproximity to its partment, and a downwardly inclined 1ne1nlower end. 10her extending from the top of said Wall, In testimony whereof I affix mysignature through said shell and into said receptacle to in the presenceof two Witnesses.

one end of the latter and forming in connec- ALBERT A. OTTO. tion Withthe receptacle and shell a com WVitnesses:

partment, said member engaging the side EDWARD C. MILLER,

Walls of the shell and having a transverse MAX H. SROLOVITZ.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

